The French post office (La Poste) has broadened its consultation of French regional and local authorities concerning new ways of providing rural areas with postal services. The proposed innovations include post offices shared by one or more communes and mini-post offices in corner shops.
Read MoreThe French government is reportedly preparing to authorise La Poste, the national postal services group, to sell consumer credit as part of agreements with one or several banking groups. The move would allow the public group to face more effectively the deregulation of the courier sector in 2006.
Read MoreRussian-French joint venture EMS Garantpost, a Russian express mail service, increased net profit 29% year-on-year in the 2002 financial year (from June 1 2002 to May 31 2003) to 71 million rubles.
EMS Garantpost turnover amounted to about $20 million, up 42%. The volume of received and transported freight increased 13.3%.
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Read MoreCSMP, the French press distribution regulator, has said that newspaper publishers are concerned about their relationship with French post office La Poste. The publishers want the government not to reduce the subsides provided to La Poste for 2004. The rate for the distribution of newspapers is to increase by 3.7 per cent from July 1.
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